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G o O O THE ENTERPRISE, OREGON CITY, OREGON, JUNE 27, 1S7J. Attorney ficneral's Opinion. It was first our purpose to publish the lengthy ojiinion rendered by At torney General Williams in regard to the Modoc murderers: hut it is entirely too lengthy and too foreign to the real merits in the case. In his opinion, those who violated the sanctitv of a Hag of truce, are liable to a military trial and conviction, but he tacitly admits that all others are exempt from any such trials. He fails to tell the Administration what ourse shouldo be pursued toward those murderers who butchered the innocent and defenceless settlers and leaves the impression that there was a .state of war at the time existing between the Government and this tribe of savages, and that they, the Modocs, after having surrendered, are subject-1 to the same treatment as e-ther nations under similar circum stances. While we are not 2r'pai d to set up our legal opinion against that of our High-Joint and present able U. S. Attorney, we must most respectfully descent from this view in the case. The Indians at the time they murdered settlers on Lost river were wards of the Government; they rebelled against the authority of the parent and went on the highways and murdered all who they met. They became,, outlaws the same as ,any combined "set of whitemen would '"that combined themselves for the purpose of r 1 iherv and murder, there was anv Thi-thev did lief ore actual war declared between the In dians and the Government. They are therefore, in our humble opinion subject and responsible to the laws of the .State in which these murders were committed, and in nowise lia ble to military trial. The Attorney General provides only punishment for-the murderers of Canby and Thomas, and totally ignores any pun ishment for the mu-rderers of the eighteen peaceable arid unoffending C settlers. Whv this discrimination? O Is it not equally murder the killing of these farmers as of Federal officials? The Attorney General, with his characteristic, demagogism, attempts to release these savages from the laws of the State against which they stand branded as cold blooded and wilful murderers. Be sides, would it not be in the province of our State authorities to try and eon vict an e.iual number of white nieir had they been guilt v of the same crimps? Most assuredly our learned Attorney would not argue that pur laws were powerless to in tlict punishment on white men who had gone on the highways to mur der and rob. Then why are these Indians to escape for their outrages iuon our people? We are of the opinion 'hat all the Indians who are not convicted by the military author ities and who are indicted for murder, are amenable and responsi ble to the law of our State, and should be demanded by the authori ties for trial as murderers, and if convicted, hanged the same as though they had simply committed murder and no Avar followed. Besides, the Indians are not a nation and not enti tled to the privileges of war. They were simply a band of cut-throats, and deserve no better treatment than a set of outlaws and murderers would receive. We are not particular who tries the devils, so long as they re ceive their just deserts; but we pro test in behalf of the bereaved widows and orphans of the pioneer settlers of our frontiers, against any policy that will allow one single murderer to escape from punishment. And we hope our State Administration will notfail to use every possible means to get the murderers in its posses sion; The Governor of Oregon luis doGe his duty faithfully, and if the guilty outlaws escape, the blame must rest on the Federal Adminis tration and its Attorney General, the later of whom appears to care more for the scalps of the Indian outlaw than he does for a just and deserved punishment for murder. '--The futule safety of our settlers de mands the most igi 1 punishment for the Modocs, and we hope that the murderers- of the settlers will be punished as much for their crimes as the murderers of Canby and Thom as. One man's life is as valua ble as anothers, and we see no good reason why there should be any discrimination made in the mat ter. Those who have been guiitv of murder on the held of battle, let them be tried by the General Gov ernment; but those who have outrag ed our State laws ami are guiitv of murdering our citirei;-, let them re ceive their punishment from the Sta'e. Should any one Modoc es cape that has In -en guilty of murder, the people of Oregon w ill hold the Administration to a strict biiitv. Mo EE OF a Radical oi Them. Forney's gaii. savs that if Pre, iU the charges are true as made against Senator Mitchell, there are men in the Senate guilty of greater crimes. t It-must le indeed a degenerated body if it has fallen (-helow the standard of Oregon's Senator. But Forney ought to Cknow. He has been intimately connected Qvith that bodv for the p.u-t twelve vears. Oregon. Forney's Press of the 14.th instant, cotains the following : The question of the relative feroci ty of the Indians and the border set tlers has been determined by the attempted massacre by the latter of a party of captured Modocs a party containing men, wemen and children all of whom would have been ruth lessly slaughtered but for the Provi dential arrival upon the scene of a liodv of United States troops. As it was three of the Modoc warriors were killed, and one woman "fright fully" wounded. The authors of the massacre were the Oregon volunteers, the fellows whose outrages upon Captain Jack's tribe were doubtless the cause of the war, and who, while it lasted, coward v skulked m the rear of Gillem and Davis' troops. The dispatch which informs us ol this atrocious affair leaves no doubt that it was premeditated, but, while stating that everybody at the camp expresses horror at the bloody work, says that no steps had been taken to arrest and punish the guilty parties. We stated when the dispatch was receive! charging the massacre of the Modoc prisoners on the Oregon Volunteers that we believed it to be a foul slander, and the charge has been ollicially contradicted by the officers in charge of the volunteers. That the dirty puppy who gets up the dispatches wilfully lied on the people of Oregon there can be not the least doubt. The Indians were murdered near the State line, and it is just as pTonable that Californians did the deed as Oregonians. That our volunteers were directly or in directly the cause of the Modoc war is equally false and slanderous. The war was commenced by the Federal soldiers under instructions of the Indian Superintendent; and resulted in the massacre of eighteen of our frontier settlers, as humane, Chris tianized and industrious as ever walked the streets of the sainted eity of Philadelphia, before they were aware that there was any trouble with the red-skins. The charge that our troops "skulked in the rear of Gillem and Davis' troops," is equal ly false. Had it not been for the valor of the Oregon Volunteers, the battle of the 17th of January would have resulted in a total destruction of the regular troops. Gen. Whea ton paid a very high compliment to our volunteer force for their bravery and gallant conduct. The people of Oregon, while they are frontier set tlers, are not barbarious. While they have suffered most severely by incompetent Federal ollicials and red tape from Washington, they have submitted to all, and calmly awaited to see justice meted out to the mur derers of their fathers, relatives and friends. If these professed friends of the red men knew anything about this matter, they would not lie so anxious to insult and traduce the en tire people of Oregon. The act of the cold-blooded massacre of the Modoc prisoners is universally con demned, and finds, no apologist among our citizens. But there is no grounds upon which to hold either Oregon or any one of the volunteer troops responsible for it. Had some of these high-toned and iiioignant editors been deprived of their fathers, brothers and property by these red devils, we apprehend they would be somewhat inclined to change their tune. The frontier pioneer is far nobler in everything that goes to make up the true man, than the man who hangs around cities out of dan gers' way and practices the art of living on what he can make off of his fellow-man. They cannot be injured by such contemptible and uncalled for assaults as the above. Notice to on: Srnsnur.ERS. The new postal law, which requires pos tage on papers published within the county goes into effect on the 1st of next month. The law provides that postage on weekly papers shall be payable quarterly in advance, at the rate of five cents my quarter on weekly publications. Wo would sug gest that our patrons in this county pay their postage up to January next, as there is not the least doubt but what tlu law will be amended at the convening of the next Congress, and this objectionable feature repealed. In this city, we shall have the pa per delivered at the residences of subscribers, and hereafter collect subscriptions monthly, at the rate of 25 cents per month. This we believe will be more satisfactory to our eity subseribors. Those who have paid in advance, will be furnished until their time expires, and those who are in arrears, will be called m.on to set- th Up to- date. Foit Fx i KinsFMET. The Br en i,.a y.ur.s says that a circular has been issued to the members of the last Legislature who voted for Mr. Mitch ell, asking them to sign it, fully en dorsing his past course, and express ing the hope that he will not resign. It is our opinion that but few of the members w ho voted for Mitchell w ill ! sign this circular, as many of them I llOV Tof X"4..f m'-A.l T l ( . v ".- v, , v i, mrm u me iev aril lor their vote, and others who got it, had fulfilled all their obligations when they voted for him. If our Radical friends desire an endorse- liit-ui m ofiiuiiu- jiai'iieu, let luni re- sign and come before the people at A . 1 i r . -J- - 1 - our next election for it. Let them trvit Steame-oating. Our townsman J. G. Toner is running his boat, the Carrie, between Portland and Van couver. We wish him a good and ' lively patronage. An Insult to More Heathens." During the past week two ship loads of the infernal Chinese heathens arrived at Portland.numbering about GOO. When this influx of our de struction will cease, we cannot tell. But we know that the people of Ore gon, like those of California, must take active and prompt steps in every way possible to discourage this im portation of coolies. Let every man resolve to carry out the pledge given at East Portland, and we predict that the heathen will soon be com pelled to leave our shores. This is the only way in which it can be done, as the Radicals have so completely disfranchised the States that they are powerless to enact any laws by which tljey can lie kept out. Let every man resolve not to patronize any one who gives employment to a Chinaman, no matter whether it is directly or indirectly. This will starve the cusses out. The consum ers and laborers in our State have this in their power. The merchant, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer, are all equally interested. The Chinamen does not consume anything our merchants have to sell; the same of the farmer, and he has no use for anything the mechanic makes. He only hordes up the mon ey he gets for his labor, and takes this away to his owner in China. As a business view of the matter, it be comes every man to patronize those who patronize him and consume his wares. We should like to see organ izations formed in every town in the State, and a list prepared by them of every man who harbors or gives em ployment to the heathens, no matter how little or what kind, and let every man belonging to the organization abstain from patronizing those who employ them. Carry this principle to the very kitchen of our rich mer chants, and we shall soon iind their places occupied by white men and women, w ho will spend their earn ings for the benefit of the masses. While we do not counsel bad treat ment of the heathens now here, let us unite and in this peaceable and effective manner compel them to leave and go back to their masters. . . at Portland. Small-IVix The Evening yeirs of the 23d inst., says : This dangerous and dreadful scourge has, it is asserted, made its appearance in our city, and, already, resulted in the death of one of its victims. It has appeared in the most thickly populated portion of the city, and thus endangers the whole com munity. This morning a Chinamen, living in one of the tenement houses, on Taylor street, died, it is believed, from this disease, in one of its very worst forms, although it was, at first, thought he only had the measles. We regret to hear that Mr. 1). Low er, a well-know fruit dealer, has been attacked by this disease. It was at first supposed that his was a case of measles, but it a consultation of doc tore, held last evening, they pronoun ced it, w ithout hesitation, that loath some disease sniall-pox; and Ave hear his condition is pronounced dan gerous. Since the above was in type, the Portland papers have come to hand denying that there are more than one or two cases, and those of a very mild form. We apprehend that the young man who runs the local for th yers, told the truth in the first, but a des're on the part cf our Portland friends to cover up the matter, made him take it back. We are informed through private sources, that this loathsome disease does exist in a very bad form in Portland, but that all pre caution is being taken to prevent its spreading. Office Discontinued. The Oregon Indian Superintenden cy has been discontinued. We sup pose this is a method to get rid of a Radical office-holder, and that the next Congress will re-establish it. The ofhees in Montana and Arizona are also discontinued. It looks to us that these offices are discontinued in in the very places where they are most needed, and shows that the Administration has no knowledge of what the interests of the people real ly require. Oregon and Washington Territory contain about one-quarter of the Indian Agencies in the United States, and if a Superintendence is needed anywhere it is in the three places discontinued. There are more unfriendly Indians in these places than all the other agencies combined, and they need more watching and care. What the object is in discon tinuing these agencies we are unable to state. But the ways of the Radi ical Administration are "dark and mysterious." The future will prob ably develop the absurdity of this move. In the meantime, we may expect to hear of a few hundred more settlers butchered through the care lessness of Federal officials. Two Worthies. If there was any thing further needed to humiliate Senator Mitchell, it will found in the fact that Dr. Loryea has come to his defence. He has published a let ter in the New York Herald defend ing our Senator. The onlv two thus far who have orient v l--fenilal liim arc TA- Duniway and the Doctor. I lint.- 1 V l 1 r 11 i inu liiiymv nave iaiien : Apologist. The yeic yorthicesf made its appearance again last week. It looks and talks like it did before it took a breathing spell. From its tone, we should judge that it is the organ of "indiscreet" Senators. A Disirustiiiir Defence. We had become somewhat dis gusted with the sycophant tone of a few Radical papers in their defence of Senator Mitchell, but not one of them had the brass displayed by good sister Duniway. The male editors let him off as gently as they could and were extremely glad to get rid of the job. But this dear sister comes to the front, and is wil ling to apologize for the "indiscreet" Senator on condition that he turn openly and avowedly on the side of "woman's suffrage." It is a bad cause which requires advocates at the expense of decency. We were prepared to see the Woodhull Claf lin portion of this woman's suffrage question make proposals of this kind, but did not think the cause in Oregon had quite advanced to this disgusting state. It appears from the article in the yew yorthwest that the end to be obtained justifies any and all means, and we are astonished to lind any woman in Oregon who boldly makes this assertion. In or der that we may not be accused of misrepresenting this article, we ap pend the 'principal portion of it, as follows: The dark stories in circulation in regard to Senator Mitchell, having become co-extensive with our Na tional literature, we feel it obliga tory upon us as a journalist to com ment upon them, though the slight est allusion to the matter gives us great pain. Of Course, all sorts of sensational rumors are afloat in the newspapers and on the streets, many of which are the idlest gossip of vul gar scandal-mongers; yet the press, the peoole, especially Mr. Mitchell's constituents, bear in mind that the highest duty of humanity is to ac cord all possible motives of good to every other human Wing, compat- ilile with private safety Then the alleged crime of taking refuge behind the maiden name of hi mother in the "dejection anil sorrow " of which Mr. Mitchell so frankly tells, is not to our mind a crime, whether considered morally or legally. It is simply a very natural thing for a son to do. and had Mr. Mitchell gone to our State Legisla ture and had the name legalized, or would he do so yet, he could lock ajl men and women in the face with the proud consciousness of having fulfilled the whole requirement of our statutes in that direction. Le gally, as the matter now stands, it is indeed a "blunder" and a " fool ish mistake '.' w hich he can in this way rectifv at his earliest opportunity- The accusations of adultery, direr tion and bigamy, with which our unfortunate Senator is so vigorously assailed, coming as they do from his personal and political enemies, we do not propose to seriously discuss at present, as we wish always to con sider everybody innocent until pro ven guilty. If the discussed Sena ator, is guilty of the crimes his en emies charge him with, he is amen able to law, and the men and news paj'ers who circulate these storie, should, instead of stooping to vul gar gossip to blacken his reputa tion, see at once that he is indicted by the grand jury, for these crimes, and, if guilty, made to suffer for them. This much is proved, however Mr. Mitchell's confession: He received the highest office in has the ci r- gift of the Oregon people under enmstances that reflect discredit upon his friends, who frankly admit that they have been deceived. As a leader in the Woman Movement we personally exerted an influence in his behalf that, if used against him, would have insured his defeat, and if he does not disappoint us politically we shall not regret it. If women have suffered socially by his acts of connivance, and he has re pented of all the w rong he has done them, let him now make restitution by becoming the especial champion of the rights of all women. Let him use his position as United States Senator to engraft upon the nation's archives the principles of equality and justice. In short, let his Sena torial career be one continued grand atonement to ail womanhood for the errors of his youth. Thus may res titution follow in the wake of repent ance, and his riper years, crowned by deeds of atonement, stimulate others to renounce social sins and thus make amends for the wrongs inflicted by them upon women who have been the victims because of ad verse circumstances. Let him rie itunid for women an equal show with men in the race for success in life, rising above self in the nobleness of his inate magnanimity, and he shall find that " a life's labor " w ill bring its high reward a guerdon that, shall silently rebuke the maud lin sentimentality that gives woman sympathy in lieu of justice, and " hush money or bribes instead of opportunity equal with man for self protection. Man's extremity, God's opportu nity. And as never before was mor tal man placed in position of equal humiliation in high places, so never btfore did like opportunity present itself for turning that very humilia tion into a crowning deed of public justice, such as shall cause mothers in the coming years when the sod shall have grown green over the nar row home that shall mark his last resting place, to lead their little ones to the spot; and, while teaching them to lisp his name, in their own hearts thank God that J. H. Mitchell lived to aid in a great moral struggle, by a personal atonement. Will oiir Senator not use this golden oppor tunity to prove repentance by resti tution? Comment on the above is unneces sary. It is a disgusting defence of crime. The editress of the yir yorthwest should at once announce herself as the defender of " indis creet " men, and the traducer of be t rayed and deserted mothers. The Corvallis Guzetle says: "Small quantities of wool liave been placed in the market here. Fox Bros, pur chased a small lot on Thursday at 21 cents. Clackamas Responsible. It is a well known fact that with out the vote from Clackamas county in the last Legislature, J. H. Mitch ell would not to-day be in the Unit ed. States Senate. Our readers are well aware how that vote was obtain ed, and the fraud which was perpe- j trated upon them. Had the three members from this county carried out the wishes of their Republican constituents, and to which they were virtually pledged, if not pledged, it was understood that the three Lower House members were against any Holladay candidate, and the Sen ator for any man Holladay might name. The three Lower House members were returned elected and got their certificates, through fraud, while with all the rascality, they could not throw out enough votes to retain the Holladay candidate to the Senate, notwithstanding they tried their best. They were kept in their seats through the same process of fraud, and by their votes John II. Mitchell was elected to the Sen ate. Clackamas county, through fraud in the first place and treachery of the fraudulent members in the second is responsible for Mitchell being in the Senate to-day. How Clackamas must feel honored! Had the Democrats been admitted to their justly entitled seats, the result would have been otherwise. This the Rad ical managers well knew, and they did not stop to correct the fraud perpetrated on our county, knowing that by so doing they would defeat the present Senator. The stigma of having elected such a man as Mitch ell belongs exclusively to Clackamas county. While her three votes elect ed him, they exercised no other in fluence in that body. They were like blank ballots in everything that pertained to legislation. The whole combination which elected Mitchell was a most corrupt one. It began in this county by and through the use of money to corrupt Judges of election, and then the jiersons who were illegally and fraudulently re tained betrayed the wishes of their constituents, and secured theelection of a man Avho- could not receive one fourth of the Republican vote ol the county. These facts will be remem bered next June, and the people of Clackamas will repudiate with al most a unanimous voice the party which is responsible for thi.s state of facts. A Cj:::dit MonrLiri: JIi.doksf.1). John A. Bingham, of Ohio, and one of the iirincipals in the Credit Mo liilier swindle, has been appointed Minister to Japan by the President, in whom our Radical friends say they have the utmost confidence in his " patriotism and integrity." The appointment of known thieves to office dies not look as though our " patriotic " President has anything but fat offices for thieves. A man is generally known by his associates, and if this rule is applied to Grant, he must lie the chief of the Credit Mobiliers and Congressional back pay stealers. He himself gets 25, 000 per year in consequence of sign ing the steal. An AitLE Letteii. Congressman Joseph G. Wilson has published a long letter in the New York llrtll, defending our people from the charges of barbarity against the In dians. It is an able letter, and cov ers the entire ground. It will do no good, however, unless Mr. Wilson can get about a hundred of these apologists for the Indian to come out among them and get scalped. That will convince their friends in the East. Getting Wakm. Joe. Meek who Avas positive, the "old man" was "Wrestling Joe," has been indicted for perjury. This makes three and we hear it rumored that there is a strong probabilty of more yet to come. It may be that the author of the catechism may yet be found. The thing is getting warm. David son and Moore asked for a delay of their trial, but the motion was refus ed and their t-ases will probably come up this term of Court. Is it a Mistake. The Sacramento Record of last Saturday says that Senator Mitchell of Oregon passed through on the preceding day, bound eastward. Not a word has been said by the Portland papers about his leaving, and if he has gone, the con trast between the manner of such leave and his triumphal entry a few weeks since will strike the reader as eminently appropriate after the re cent disclosures. (hutrd. It is generally supposed that Sena ator Hippie, in changing his name, simply transjiosed it so as to make it read "John Hippie Mitchell," in stead of John Mitchell Hippie. The truth of the matter is that he signs his name John Hiram Mitchell; at least, we find his name so written by himself upon several medical diplo mas in this city. Mercury . In TEoriiLE. Susan B. Anthony was convicted of the crime of trying to be a man when nature provided otherwise, and for her vote in behalf of U. S. Grant, she was fined the sum of 1CK). She tried to get a new trial but this was refused her. It aimears to us that the sntTrorru .,r - for wottt, J -n v , i . for women m the Radical platform is a considerable oi a humbug. Summary of State Xews Items. The Jacksonville Times has receiv ed its new press and material. There are 20 new buildings under process of erection in Forest Grove. Dave Logan, of Yamhill, has a row of potatoes which is three miles long. 1 There are 220 Patriarchs in the Odd Fellows' Fncampment in Oregon- The Fourth is to be celebrated at at Oakland, Cole's Vallev and Gales ville. Brick work on the State University at Fugene will be commence next week. The consecration of Trinity Church I UI uauii, m Lane 111 tuo . Julv 1 oiduiy. F. A. Horning, of Benton county, ; jor new trial has been made, has received a patent for an apple i The election judges who pcrniitt.-cl cutter. j Susan B. Anthony to vote were tinel The next annual meeting of the i each to-day 25 and .io and costs. Baptist Association will be held at KW okk, June 1 . 1 here was Forest Grove. ! ex.-itenu-nt to-day at Vuw heauquarters oer the report that th The closing examinations of Phi- Commissioners v. ere about to appoint lomath college (Benton county) will twenty-five men on the police foux, be held July 2d. ; as patrolmen. Commissioner Rusm-H The portion of Umpqua A cad em v ' -'.vs he suppose the rumor origiiuit at Wilbur, burned recently, will be ed from a resolution, adopted yester rebuilt this Summer. sl.v. to appoint twenty-nine coh.ivd I men as street sweepers; but if a nio- Jndge Rice, Vice President of the ! t-on js m.ut; to appoint tailored p:i Northern Pacific Railroad, arrived at j trolmon he will support it as a qr.e.s Portland Friday evening. J tion of equality already settled and The W. R. T. Co. has traded the ; will see that the colored men have thA O S their rights. N. Co's steamer Shoshone. The Odd Fellows of Eugene have purchased ten acres of land near that place for a cemetery. The yews intimates that the Pacif ies threw off the last game played be tween them and the Pioneers. Every body who could get away from Canyon City has gone to the new diggings in the Ochoco region. Three families have arrived jj Polk county, direct from Sweden. Sixtv families altogether are expect ed. A colored barber named Samuel Johnson was found dead in the rear of his shop at Salem last Monday morning. Jos. Butchel of Portland, has been elected a life member of the National Photographic Association of the United States. j A little daughter of E. W. Conyers ! Esq., of Columbia county, came near ; losing her life last week from sucking ! the flower of the fox-glove. The new building erected by the j Methodist Episcopal Church South, ! at Salem, will be formally dedicated j early iu August bv Bishop D. S. Daggett. The four men arrested for illegal voting at Portland at the last city election wire discharged by the Grand Jury last Saturday on tech nical grounds. The body of the colored boy. George Williams, w ho was drowned, at Salem some weeks atro. was found on Monday in a drift near Lincoln, several miles below. The value of foreign goods im ported int.) this State, from Nf!'i to 172, amounted to 2,!:2.f.ll, and the duties upon theju reached the large sum of slJl.iOS. A young man named Gill working it one of the fisheries down on the lttennited suicide last Friday by cutting his throat. He is however doing as as could be expect- ed. The new mines of Ochoco oecuv a circuit of about 20 miles. It is believed not less than D)0 men have ' gone there. Canyon City miners . have nearly all decamped for the new placers. j The Spriny Hill warehouse, built by the farmers on Soap Creek, has been completed. It has a holding capacitv of 20,000 bushels of grain and is built in the most substantial ' manner. The farmers of Fifteen Mile Creek Wasco countv, intend celebratiu" the Fourth of July, at the camp meeting ground, on that stream. Hon. N. H. Gates will deliver the oration. A Forest Grove girl ulaved the ghost scene on a room mate until the i.met oii nui oi me winnow io ino. i ground, fifteen feet below, and was taken up insensible. She will re cover however. Olney McLagan. -who was acciden tally shot at Corvallis last week, bv a gun in the hands of Wm. Rutaii, it is thought will hardly recover! These two boys are under fourteen years of age. According to the Independent, there will be twice as much grain raised this year in Yamhill and Polk coun ties as last, and in Polk, a thousand bushels of apples w ill lie raised to one a year ago. The MoitiilitiDw reports that car penters and other mechanics have left the Dalles for the Ochoco mines, and work has been suspended for w ant of hands on buildings in course of erection iu that town. The Corvallis Gazette says: Last week while in Portland, Dr. J. R. Bayley received a check from T. E" ertrm Hogg for 7,200, the secoml payment on the Yaquina Bay Wagon Road Company's franchise. "W . P. Hunt, an cmplove on the O. S. N. Co's Railroad at the Dalles was run over by a car some time ao and lost leg. He sued the Comiia ny for 825.000 damages. The jurv awarded hini 15,000. The Oregon Volunteers in the Mo doc war. under Cill.tcJl, ITl-.....it Rogers, have returned to their homes and Ix-on mustered onf of service The citizens of Jacksonville provided them with a sumptuous dinner on Monday ol last week. The annual meeting of the Chris tian denominaton at Dixie, in Polk county Lut week, was verv largelv at tended, o,000 persons being present on Sunday. Among the attendants was illiam Bragg, the oldest man m Oregon, lieing over 102 years old. Green C. Davidson is out in a card m the Statesman in which he offers to bet 1,000 w ith Rev. J. L. Parrish that Joseph Thomas or "Wrestling . 'ie WIU not le proven to lie Ins, (lreen C's father. "It's a wise child that knows its own father," savs the oK1 provorb. ' Telcganhic News. AsmsoroN jvme 19Comman.W Braine is here for the purpose of re . ."i, nig instructions concerning the en, " of the Juniata. On his return trior mamler limine will make sound in','" along Newf oundland. nuings Ihe President appointed Wm. fj Defrees of -New Mexico as agent for the Indians of New Mexico. A Washington special savs that Bingham has receive. I his instructions and will soon leave for Japan. The Secretary of the treasnrv is authority for the statement that he has no intention of resigning; that Lo had not been offered, nor would ho accept any position of any of the for eign banking houses, as has been published. Caxadaigua, June 10. The judg ment oi me court in me case of S,. , , , . , , , , . , .- win B. Anthony is that she pay a ml0 a , ... . v. JohnB. Weller, w ho has been dan gerously ill at New Orleans, is im proving. The w eather is execesively hot, the mercury standing at Vi degrees in the shade. A number of cases of sun-stroke are reported. New Yoi;k. June 20. Private dis patches from San Jose, say Costa Rica'' has responded to the circular letter recently sent out by the United States i oi i, o. i: nia. eaiiiiiLr on iui me i c i- i iii.il .i:in j j.iv j ; i . i jviii iu ;l demand to rpaii lor the lijuept iki ence of Cuba, and case of refusal to intervene with force. From l!f!:m;i vews come thsit the Spaniards ltiiv- found seMial einptv ; inters along the coast, which, froi'uo I ticir coiwr.a th;n and position, are j thought to have been used to cam- ! i"i"s stoics to the patriot It is rumored, in Cuban circles here that a large expedition of Lien and war materials is on the way to the revolu tionary forces. Washington, June 22. The follow ing are the liostid changes during the week: Of;: stablished At T I Valley, V. ..sco count y, Oregon. Bei j. i McAfee, potrna.tor. O.'gee disc!! ' tinned.- Kcntnck, Whatcom county, i W.T. Postmasters appointed Yain- ax, Jackson county, Oregon; Boise i f. -it, Lewis co.ii.tv. W. T., J. K. I Miller. It is reported tr.-night, though not ' on official authority, that six cases t f ' cholera ori-rinjiied in this city to-h;y. j 1 r.i i.-oiT. June '2. Extensive for- est fires are reported in various parts I of Northern i-chigan. and a repeti i tion of the disaster of October, 171. ; is 1'eared. A shower might avert the J dagger- j V,'Asi-n-c.T'i::..Ti:7ie The Indian I Agent oi the Is-?. Peiees rcix-rts that ! Pickett who kill d an Indian woman Las been convicted oiifom! ( r. aJid soldi"; d to be hanged At Boise of July. This is where a white man to justice i'or kili s TYrritorv. C:t the l:r:.t instance has been brought j hi" Indiaus in h: 1 Nasm n.r.r. Jure 2:). Ti irtv-:ev- ! end.-.itiis from chohv.i. to-day against fifty-live vestev; :;y. TweEty-iire were negn.es. The weather to-cay ! is oonsideied favorably to adereas-. 3.1 i.vems. .Tun- S. There vein eight interments from cholera to day. The weather is hot and dry aiiii the di. ease is abating. Cincinnati, .Tui-e Five deaths from chol.-ra reported at (he healiU; office to-day. Advices from Portsmouth state this mornii.g that a deckhand on the steamer died of cholera at that place. Wheei ino, West Va., June 2:). Tnere vas a er.se of cholera in a mild form in this city yesterdav. W.si-inoton J-ii:e 2:h Mr. Bliss, of the Board of Health, states that there have been three cases of chel era in this city this season, and that they were sporadic. There is as yet no grounds of :ii i 'rehension of eni- ! emic cholera hen Evansvu.ee; Ind., June 25. Thir teen cases of cholera are reported here in the ixusi two weeks: seven fatal. New Yoi.k. June 2-'!. The United States Circuit Court vas engic ed to day in t gapa;ii;el:ing n jury for the trial of Tennis C. Ciaflin and Victo ria Woodhull. The Judge refused a postponement of the trial in con sequence of the- alleged sickness of one of the defendants June 21. Col. Robert B. Clark, a well-known oihVer. convicted in this district the -1st day of January, liS2, of having in his possession counterfeit plates for printing Inter nal Revenue stamps and sentenced to five years in the Albanv prison, has been pardoned by President Grant. Washington, June 20. TheSeere- tary of the Interior to-day decided" that the erection of a house by two, three or four pre-emption or home stead claimants, in such a manner as to cove ar portion of each of their quarter-sections under one roof, complies with the law requiring a house to be built on every quarter section in order to secure a title to it. Senator Howe's friends, including many Wisconsin politicians, are urging his nomination to the Chief Justiceship. New Youk, June 21. The Trih says Russel, who came from Aus tralia and New Zealand to this com -try some time ast, sailed for Lon don Saturday, having accomplished the object of his mission. He came with authority from his Govern ment to establish a line of first-class steamers between San Francisco, Honolulu, New Zealand and other islands, to make one trip iu each month. June 25. A Long Branch special says that President Grant, on the evening before leaving Washington, was visited by several gentlemen, who urged the removal of Secretary Richardson from the Treasury De partment. They left his presence with a belief that his decision was. made to do so. The same dispatch savs the official life of Minister 3? will terminate on the close cf the Vienna Exposition. O o 0